8 traits of successful people - Richard St. John

8 osobina uspešnih ljudi - Ričard St. Džon (Richard St. John)

Prevodilac: Anja Saric Lektor: Mile Živković

(Muzika)

Now, my subject is success,

Moja tema je uspeh,

so people sometimes call me a "motivational speaker."

pa me ljudi ponekad nazivaju motivacionim govornikom.

But I want you to know right up front I'm not a motivational speaker.

Ali želeo bih odmah da naglasim da ja nisam motivacioni govornik.

I couldn't pass the height requirement.

Ne bih mogao da prođem zbog visine.

(Laughter)

And I couldn't motivate anybody.

I ne bih mogao da motivišem bilo koga.

My employees actually call me a de-motivational speaker.

Moji zaposleni me u stvari zovu demotivacioni govornik.

(Laughter)

What I try to be is an informational speaker.

Ja pokušavam da budem informacioni govornik.

I went out and found out some information about success,

Izašao sam u svet i saznao neke informacije o uspehu,

and I'm just here to pass it on.

i ovde sam samo da bih ih preneo dalje.

And my story started over ten years ago, on a plane.

I moja priča je počela pre više od deset godina, u avionu.

I was on my way to the TED conference in California,

Bio sam na putu za Kaliforniju, na TED konferenciju,

and in the seat next to me was a teenage girl,

i na sedištu pored mog sedela je tinejdžerka

and she came from a really poor family, but she wanted to get somewhere in life.

iz veoma siromašne porodice, ali je želela da postigne nešto u životu.

And as I tapped away on my computer, she kept asking me questions,

I dok sam ja tipkao po svom kompjuteru, ona je nastavila da me zapitkuje,

and then out of the blue, she asked, "Are you successful?"

i k'o grom iz vedra neba, upitala me je: "Da li si ti uspešan?"

I said, "No, I'm not successful."

"Ne, nisam uspešan.", odgovorio sam joj.

Terry Fox, my hero, now there's a big success.

Teri Foks, moj heroj, to je veliki uspeh.

He lost a leg to cancer, then ran thousands of miles

Izgubio je nogu zbog raka, i onda je pretrčao hiljade kilometara

and raised millions for cancer research.

i sakupio milione za istraživanje za lečenje raka.

Or Bill Gates, a guy who owns his own plane

Ili Bil Gejts, čovek koji ima svoj avion

and doesn't have to sit next to some kid asking him questions.

i ne mora da sedi pored neke klinke koja ga zapitkuje.

(Laughter)

(Smeh)

But then I told her about some of the stuff I'd done.

Ali onda sam joj ispričao o nekim stvarima koje sam radio.

I love communications, and I've won lots of awards in marketing.

Obožavam komunikacije i osvojio sam mnogobrojne nagrade u marketingu.

I love running, and I still sometimes win my age group,

Volim da trčim i još uvek ponekad pobedim u svojoj starosnoj grupi,

old farts over 60.

matori starci preko 60.

(Laughter)

My fastest marathon is two hours and 43 minutes

Moj najbrži maraton je 2 sata i 43 minuta

to run the 26 miles, or 42 kilometers.

za 26 milja ili 42 kilometara.

I've run over 50 marathons, in all 7 continents.

Trčao sam preko 50 maratona na svih sedam kontinenata.

This was a run my wife and I did up the Inca trail to Machu Picchu in Peru.

Ovo je maraton na kojem smo moja žena i ja trčali stazom Inka do Maču Pičua u Peruu,

And to qualify for the 7 continents,

I kako bismo se kvalifikovali za sedam kontinenata,

we had to run a marathon in Antarctica.

morali smo da trčimo maraton na Antarktiku.

But when we got there, it didn't look nice and calm like this,

Ali kada samo stigli tamo, nije izgledalo lepo i mirno kao ovo, već kao ovo.

it looked like this.

The waves were so high, we couldn't get to shore.

Talasi su bili toliko visoki da nismo mogli da dođemo do obale.

So we sailed 200 miles further south to where the seas were calm

Tako da smo plovili 320 kilometara južnije gde je more bilo mirno

and ran the entire 26-mile marathon

i trčali ceo maraton od 42 kilometra

on the boat.

na brodu.

422 laps around the deck of that little boat.

422 kruga na palubi tog malog broda.

My wife and I have also climbed two of the world's seven summits,

Moja žena i ja smo se takođe popeli na dva od sedam svetskih vrhova,

na najviše planine svakog kontinenta.

the highest mountains on each continent.

Osvojili smo Akonkagvu, najvišu planinu američkog kontinenta,

We climbed Aconcagua, the highest mountain on the American continent,

and Kilimanjaro, the highest mountain in Africa.

i Kilimandžaro, najvišu planinu u Africi.

Well, to be honest, I puked my way to the top of Kilimanjaro,

Pa, da budem iskren, ja sam povraćao ceo put do vrha Kilimandžara,

I got altitude sickness.

dobio sam visinsku bolest i moja žena nije saosećala sa mnom;

I got no sympathy from my wife.

She passed me and did a lap around the top

ona me je prešišala i obišla krug oko vrha dok sam se ja mučio dole.

while I was still struggling up there.

In spite of that, we're still together and have been for over 35 years.

Uprkos tome, mi smo još uvek zajedno i to preko 35 godina.

(Applause)

Ja bih rekao da je to uspeh u današnje vreme.

I'd say that's a success these days.

So I said to the girl,

Tako da sam rekao devojčici:

"Well, you know, I guess I have had some success."

"Pa, znaš, mislim da sam imao neke uspehe."

And then she said, "Okay, so are you a millionaire?"

I onda je ona rekla: "Ok, znači ti si milioner?"

(Laughter)

Nisam znao šta da kažem,

Now, I didn't know what to say,

jer kad sam ja bio mali, nije bilo pristojno pričati o novcu.

because when I grew up, it was bad manners to talk about money.

Ali skontao sam da je bolje biti iskren,

But I figured I'd better be honest,

and I said, "Yeah. I'm a millionaire.

i rekao sam: "Da, ja sam milioner.

But I don't know how it happened.

Ali ne znam kako se to desilo, jer nikad nisam tragao za novcem,

I never went after the money, and it's not that important to me."

i nije mi toliko bitan."

She said, "Maybe not to you, but it is to me.

Rekla je: "Možda tebi nije, ali meni jeste.

Ne želim da budem siromašna ceo svoj život. Želim da stignem negde,

I don't want to be poor all my life.

I want to get somewhere, but it's never going to happen."

ali to se nikada neće desiti."

I said, "Well, why not?"

"Zašto neće?", pitao sam je.

She said, "Well, you know, I'm not very smart.

Rekla je: "Pa, znaš, ja nisam baš mnogo pametna.

I'm not doing great in school."

I škola mi ne ide baš najbolje."

I said, "So what? I'm not smart. I barely passed high school.

Rekao sam joj: "Pa šta? Ja nisam pametan. Jedva sam završio srednju školu.

I had absolutely nothing going for me.

Ništa mi nije išlo.

I was never voted most popular or most likely to succeed.

Nikada me nisu smatrali popularnim, ili nekim ko će da uspe.

Započeo sam sasvim novu kategoriju - oni koji imaju najveće šanse da razočaraju.

I started a whole new category -- most likely to fail.

But in the end, I did okay. So if I can do it, you can do it."

Ali na kraju sam se snašao.

Tako da ako ja mogu, možeš i ti."

A onda mi je postavila veliko pitanje:

And then she asked me the big question:

"Okay, so what really leads to success?"

"Ok, šta zaista vodi do uspeha?"

I said, "Jeez, sorry. I don't know.

Rekao sam: "Izvini. Ne znam.

I guess somehow I did it. I don't know how I did it."

Nekako sam uspeo. Ne znam kako."

So I get off the plane and go to the TED conference,

I tako izađem iz aviona i odem na TED konferenciju

and I'm standing in a room full of extraordinarily successful people

i stojim tako u prostoriji punoj izvanredno uspešnih ljudi

in many fields -- business, science, arts,

u mnogim oblastima - biznis, nauka, umetnost,

health, technology, the environment --

zdravstvo, tehnlogija, životna sredina - kada mi sine:

when it hit me:

Why don't I ask them what helped them succeed,

Zašto ih ne bi pitao šta im je pomoglo da uspeju,

and find out what really leads to success for everyone?

kako bih saznao šta zaista vodi do uspeha kod svih nas?

So I was all excited to get out there and start talking to these great people,

Bio sam skroz uzbuđen da počnem da razgovaram sa ovim velikim ljudima,

when the self-doubt set in.

i onda sam počeo da sumnjam u sebe.

I mean, why would people want to talk to me?

Mislim, zašto bi ljudi želeli da pričaju sa mnom?

I'm not a famous journalist. I'm not even a journalist.

Ja nisam poznati novinar, ja čak uopšte nisam novinar.

So I was ready to stop the project before it even began,

Tako da sam bio spreman da prekinem projekat pre nego što sam ga i započeo,

when who comes walking towards me but Ben Cohen,

kada kreće da mi prilazi niko drugi do Ben Koen,

the famous co-founder of Ben and Jerry's ice cream.

poznati osnivač sladoleda Ben i Džeri.

I figured it was now or never.

Shvatio sam da je trenutak sad ili nikad, i prevazišao sam sumnju u sebe,

I pushed through the self-doubt,

jumped out in front of him, and said,

skočio pred njega i rekao: "Ben, ja radim na jednom projektu.

"Ben, I'm working on this project.

I don't even know what to ask you,

Ne znam čak ni šta bih te pitao,

but can you tell me what helped you succeed?"

ali možeš li mi reći šta ti je pomoglo da uspeš?"

He said, "Yeah, sure, come on. Let's go for a coffee."

Rekao je: "Naravno. Hajdemo na kafu."

And over coffee and ice cream, Ben told me his story.

I uz kafu i sladoled, Ben mi je ispričao svoju priču.

Now here we are over 10 years later,

I sada smo ovde, 10 godina kasnije,

and I've interviewed over 500 successful people

i lično sam intervjuisao preko 500 uspešnih ljudi

face-to-face, and collected thousands of other success stories.

i prikupio na hiljade drugih priča o uspehu.

I wanted to find the common factors for success in all fields,

Želeo sam da nađem zajedničke činjenice za uspeh u svim oblastima,

so I had to interview people in careers ranging from A to Z.

tako da sam morao da intervjuišem ljude sa karijerama od A do Š.

These are just the careers I interviewed beginning with the letter A,

Ovu su samo karijere koje sam pokrio koje počinju na slovo A,

and in most cases more than one person.

a u većini slučajeva tu je više od jedne osobe.

I interviewed six successful accountants,

Intervjuisao sam šest uspešnih računovođa,

five corporate auditors, five astronauts who had been into space,

pet korporativnih revizora, pet astronauta koji su bili u svemiru,

four actors who had won the Academy Award for Best Actor,

četiri glumca koja su osvojila Oskara za najbolju mušku ulogu,

three of the world's top astrophysicists,

tri vodeća svetska astrofizičara,

six of the world's leading architects

šest vodećih svetskih arhitekata

and, oh yeah, four Nobel Prize winners.

i da, četiri Nobelovca.

Yeah, I know it doesn't start with A, but it's kind of cool.

Da, znam da ne počinje na A, ali je ipak nekako kul.

(Laughter)

I želim iskreno da se zahvalim

And I want to say a sincere thanks

to all the great people that I've interviewed over the years.

svim velikim ljudima koje sam intervjuisao tokom godina.

This really is their story; I'm just the messenger.

Ovo je zaista njihova priča; ja samo prenosim.

The really big job was taking all the interviews

Veliki je posao bio obaviti sve intervjue

and analyzing them, word by word, line by line,

i analizirati ih, reč po reč, red po red,

and sorting them into all the factors that people said helped them succeed.

i sortirati ih po faktorima za koje su ljudi rekli da su im pomogli da uspeju.

And then you start to see the big factors that are common to most people's success.

I onda počinjete da vidite velike faktore

koji su zajednički većini ovih ljudi.

Altogether, I analyzed and sorted millions of words.

Sve zajedno sam analizirao i rasporedio milione reči.

Do you know how much work that is?

Znate li koliko je to posla?

That's all I do, day and night -- sort and analyze.

To je sve što radim, dan - noć - sortiram i analiziram.

I'll tell you, if I ever get my hands on that kid on the plane --

Kažem vam, ako se ikada dočepam te klinke u avionu...

(Laughter)

U stvari, ako je se ikada dočepam, zahvaliću joj se.

Actually, if I do, I'll thank her.

Because I've never had so much fun and met so many interesting people.

Jer se nikada nisam bolje zabavio i upoznao toliko zanimljivih ljudi.

And now, I can answer her question.

I sada mogu da joj odgovorim na pitanje.

I discovered the 8 traits successful people have in common,

Otkrio sam osam osobina koje uspešni ljudi imaju zajedničke,

or the 8 to be great:

ili osam za uspeh:

Love what you do; work really hard;

Voli ono što radiš; naporno radi;

focus on one thing, not everything;

fokusiraj se na jednu stvar, ne na sve;

keep pushing yourself; come up with good ideas;

nastavi da guraš sebe napred; imaj dobre ideje;

keep improving yourself and what you do;

usavršavaj sebe i ono što radiš;

serve others something of value, because success isn't just about me, me, me;

serviraj drugima nešto od značaja, jer uspeh nije samo ja, ja, ja;

and persist, because there's no overnight success.

i budi istrajan jer uspeh ne dolazi preko noći.

Why did I pick these?

Zašto sam izabrao baš ove?

Because when I added up all the comments in my interviews,

Jer kad sam sabrao sve komentare u svojim intervjuima,

more people said those 8 things helped them

većina ljudi je rekla da im je ovih osam stvari

than anything else.

pomoglo više od svega.

The eight traits are really the heart of success, the foundation,

Osam osobina su zaista srž uspeha, osnova,

and then on top we build the specific skills

i onda na to gradimo posebne veštine

that we need for our particular field or career.

koje su nam potrebne za naše karijere.

Technical skills, analytical skills, people skills, creative skills --

Tehničke veštine, analitičke veštine, rad sa ljudima,

kreativne veštine - još mnogo drugih veština možemo da dodamo,

lots of other skills we can add on top,

depending on our field.

u zavisnosti od naše struke.

But no matter what field we're in,

Ali bez obzira koja nam je struka,

these eight traits will be at the heart of our success.

ovih osam osobina biće srž našeg uspeha.

(Applause)

(Aplauz)